>> eric: fox news alert. we are awaiting a news conference any moment now on the latest developments in the tragedy in san francisco. that crash that claimed two young lives, but miraculously spared so many others. the two who were killed were two 16-year-old teens from china. they were on their way to experience an american tradition, summer camp in california. they are the only two fatalities so far. but nearly 200 others are hospitalized with various injuries. 49 passengers are in critical condition at local hospitals. now, the investigation has begun for what caused that airliner to apparently hit a sea wall at the end of the sfo runway and break

apart. good morning and welcome to america's news headquarters. >> jamie: we are glad you are with us. there is lots of news, including a press conferences and the national transportation safety board has recovered the black boxes from the boeing 777 as they continue to investigate. they began in the wee hours of the night. they hope to interview the crew today, too, to get more answers. emergency officials releasing audio from a fire department dispatcher. >> you are approaching the north field checkpoint. i have what appears to be a moderate column of smoke coming from a downed plane. make this a red alert please... >> jamie: take a look at this animation of the crash, too. as the plane approaches, it slams into the runway. the tail literally napping off.

the plane then veers off the runway, where it catches fire. adam housley is live at the san francisco international airport, where he has been monitoring all the developments. adam, we expect this news conference. what sort of update do you think we will get? >> reporter: well, first of all, we are expected to hear an updated number of victims. we are told more than 180 people were transported after that crash yesterday. to put that into perspective, some were helicoptered out of here, some were taken via ambulance. others went in carc. over 180. not 9 hospitals, but to 11 area hospitals. there are a number of people in critical condition. they are trying to give us exact numbers. we have heard 6 people in san francisco general are in critical condition. but 10 other hospitals have people as well. and there are three press conferences, the first one this morning with san francisco officials and then we will hear from san francisco general hospital. and later, as it is planned.

as of right now, the ntsb will give us a few details. they have a long ways to go. there is a massive debris field. the plane came down, bounced a couple of times. they have to find out why that happened. they do believe that the landing gear hit the end of the jetty first, where the water ends and the runway begins. but they were looking at the fuselage last night. they went back to wait for the sun to come up. now they are going full bore in the investigation. we need to mention, besides the washington, d.c. team that got here late in the evening, early this morning, there was am thatd right away, was here and a short time after the crash, they were unable to secure the site and find the two black boxes and get them back to washington, d.c. we are told that that will help the ntsb really formulate this entire investigation. they will be able to gather stuff on the ground and get the

information from the cockpit to let them begin to understand what happened here and whether this was human error, mechanical problems or it was a mixture of both, which is also a possibility. the other issue too, which is so amazing to hear from the investigators out there looking at the fuselage last night. they said it was amazing that they heard only two people had died. horrible for those families. our hearts go out to them. but it could have been so much worse in the sense, there were 307 individuals and they all had to get off. if you look at the fuselage tbroke up good toward the tail section, which is missing and it caught fire. very lucky for a lot of people. we are hearing the stories of those who watched this happen and those on the plane. it's a horrible, tragic event. >> jamie: every single one of them may have useful information as the investigators say they are going to be kuking a ton of interviews on this. we will check back with you shortly and we will have that news conference for everyone

when it happens. >> eric: jamie, talking about those who witnessed what happened. one of those people is here now. lots of folks in the pictures, bring out their iphones and the like. this is from isabella, she is in town from texas, visitingler grandparents and saw something that did not seem right. she is here now on the telephone. thank you. what made you think that something was wrong and what caught your eye? >> well, i was sitting in the hotel lobby, waiting for my room to get ready when i noticed that the couple sitting across from me got up and were looking out the window as if something was wrong. so i turned and looked out the window and saw that the plane was coming in extremely fast, too fast -- more than the other planes that i had been watching previously that day. >> eric: you say it appear audio

sorry to interrupt -- you say it appeared to be going fast. did it also appear to be at a certain ang snell some say it was a 30, 45 degree angle, indicating that it was, as you said, coming in too fast? >> yes, sir. it was. it didn't look like any other planes. it looked like it was coming in too frantically. it was so crazy. when it came in, it landed in the tail hit in back and then it started to spin and that's when the nose was on -- towards the ground. the tail end was in the air. the tail end came back down and it continued to spin on the runway. >> eric: could you hear anything? did you hear any of the engines -- >> no. i was inside. i couldn't really hear anything. >> eric: when you saw what you saw and the plane came to a rest in that smoke, what did you do? >> i really -- i just stood

there. i felt so helpless. i couldn't -- i didn't know whether to call 911 or to... just stand there and watch. so i just stood there and watched. >> eric: did you see people coming out of the plane? what was the nextç step? >> well, about 2, 3 minutes after the plane hit, the slide ejected out and i could see through my camera lens that people were -- [inaudible] >> eric: can you repeat that, i'm sorry. >> about 2 or 3 minutes after the plane crashed, the slides ejected out of the side of the

>> again, i think that's a testament to how great an airplane bog makes. >> jamie: before that tail hit, is there any warn that this pilot might have had? what is the earliest. >> that's an interesting question, jamie. what we do know is that they were low. they were way too low, in order to land. and the question for -- for me and other pilots is, did they not realize they were that low, looking out the window? it's very apparent when you are very, very low to the airport, especially going into sfo because the water just jumps out at you there. but the other question is: if they were aware, was it something that they couldn't deal with? was there an engine problem? was there a flight control issue that would not allow them to get the airplane back up to the altitude they needed to be at?

that's the part we don't know irvetion wouldn't a plane of this caliber warn you about the altitude? >> sure. i'm sure when we hear the cockpit voice recorder tapes, we will hear the audible in the background, doing the pullup call that it does as the technology basically calculates how close the aircraft is to the ground and how quickly it's approaching the ground. it says, hey, if you don't realize you are close, you better know it right now. apparently, they were not able for some reason to get the airplane back, powered up enough to get past the end of the runway. >> jamie: take me inside the cockpit if you can. there is four pilots. it's a long flight. they switch off two at a time. three of them had 10,000 or more hours of air time. one close to that. how experienced are those pilots? are they all in the cockpit at the time? even if the two at the controls don't realize what is happening,

the other two can hit them on the shoulder and say, we're in trouble? >> well, you would normally find that all four pilots would be in the cockpit, during the approach to landing. of course, it is just absolutely common that pilots don't talk about what the other people are doing on the approach... unless something like this comes up where the person perhaps in the jump seat behind the captain realizes, we are really low and we are not going to make the runway. they will start yelling at each other -- >> jamie: will we hear that on the black box? >> absolutely, absolutely. you should. see? that's the question we don't know. if we don't hear something like that when we play these voice recorder tapes back, then something else was seriously, seriously wrong. >> >> jamie: i know in the military, flight people certify

the pilots. many of the pilots from that part of the world are previous veterans of military operations, but what kind of testing do you think was done on thim immediately after the crash? what would doctors or even the ntsb or faa look for in. >> well, i think once they check to make sure their vitals were good, that they didn't have -- again, i don't know the status of the flight crew, but i am saying, once they figured out that they were breathing all right, that they weren't losing any wlood blood, there were no broken bones, they would have tested them for drugs and alcohol to make sure there was not something in their system that may have impaired the pilots' judgment which could have affected this. but that would have been one of the first tests they run. we remember sully sullenberger and went right back to work. every time i flew that airline, i looked in the cockpit. now he's retired. how difficult is it for a pilot

who experiences something like this to get back aboard and fly again? >> well, i know pilots who have had accidents. most of them love to fly. so they will pretty much do what sully did. they will take some time off and they say, but this is what i do. and they will get back in the cockpit. i am sure there are going to be people, especially if there were fatalities involved, that can just say, i don't want to do this anymore. it's understandable. >> jamie: i am running out of time, your hat's off to the flight crew, the flight attendants? >> absolutely. the flight attendants are the stars here. i mean, we know that the pilots knew what was going on, but the flight attendants had no notice, at least from the way it sounds, had no notice of anything until the airplane hit. and like a fireman bell going off, man, those people sprung into action and got all of those people out, except the two lady

who is had already gone. >> jamie: our hat's off to them. thank goodness, more people are aliefer. we are really so sad for the two losses of those young girls. we thank you for your insight and years of experience. >> you're most welcome. >> eric: the plane too fast, too low, say witnesses. we could get some answers in just a moment about why it slammed into the steel and the concrete end of the sea wall. you are looking at the location at san francisco international airport, where we expect a news conference to be getting more answer, potentially, in a few minutes. we will, of course, bring you that news conference live as soon as it starts. more coverage here on this sunday morning on america's news headquarters, the fox newschannel. i got my mom wrapped around my little finger. do you? yeah, i do. huh. i said i want honey nut cheerios uh huh. and she just totally caved. it's all about psychology buzz. psychology? as long as i don't tell him the cereal is healthy -- he can't get enough.

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>> jamie: well, we have some new information and we expect more on yesterday's crash. this news conference is about to goat underway at san francisco international airport. we will likely learn the condition of those who were hospitalized. we will likely learn the condition of the pilots. meanwhile, this is the black box. they have made their way for analysis. they will have the voice recordings of the pilots in the cockpit, as well as all the electrical controls. everything that was happened on approach and on landing. as we get more information from that examination, if it isn't part of that press conference, we will of course, bring it to you here this hour. >> eric: another fox news alert. continuing unrest as you can see, in egypt. the crisis there on this sunday morning, turning increasingly ugly. this picture's from cairo just moments ago. you can see tens of thousands,

again, are gathering in cairo. this time, there will be dueling protests, the division between the interim government and the supporters of the former president growing deeper by the day and sparking widespread violence, amid the deadlock over who should lead the new cabinet. we go to cairo with the latr latest. there has been a lot of confusion over the next potential prime minister. what's the latest on this situation? >> reporter: well, there is a new military-backed government here in egypt is trying to put together a broad-based coalition from all the groups that opposed mohammed morsi. but that effort has hit aroad block here. last night, we were told the former u.n. regulatory chief watchdog has been tanned to be the new interim prime minister here. a few hours later, we got word that that had been rejected by a main opposition group, an islamic group that is part of the opposition here.

they had rejected him for the interim prime minister. that does undercore -- underscore the problems. they are very good at opposing the regime, but less good at organizing among themselves. we don't know who will replace him as it is new interim prime minister. but it will be very difficult to put together a coalition government here because they don't agree on a lot, other than the fact that they disagree and dislike the muslim brotherhood. >> eric: we can see what's happening on the ground. what does it look like today? more demonstrations. could they again turn violent? >> reporter: tahrir square's starting to show up with the pro-government supporters, the opposition, as they have been labeled here. we are getting reports that the muslim brotherhood supporters are streets. we are expecting largeeral lease here in cairo and across the country. whether or not they will turn violent is a big question. things have calmed down.

but at least 36 people have been killed. more than 1,000 or so have been injured and there is always the potential for clashes. but things are growing. it is intensifying, but still fairly calm. but it's something we will have to watch over the next few hours. >> eric: thanks so much. we will have to get back to you, in case there are any developments to report from where you are. for more on the chaos in egypt. let's turn to former ambassador to the united nations, john bolton, a senior fellow at the american enterprise institute and a fox news contributor. always good to see you. >> good morning. glad to be with you. >> eric: connor said that obariday is out. but he says, quote, egypt is falling apart. what is the potential that you think he could be part of a new government? can he lead the nation? >> i think it's a bad decision by the interim government. he ran for president last year.

and he had no support. his campaign collapsed. his support is the western media and where she elites who know him as the former head of the international atomic energy axe. why anybody thinks a united nations bureaucrat is the answer for egypt is beyond me. from the u.s. point of view, it was very bad news to hear he was to be the interim prime minister. he is anti-american. when he was head of the iaea, he bent over backwards to defend the nuclear iranian program. >> eric: he is hailed as a supposed reformer and intellectual. you know, he was here in the united nations. i am sure you met him here. why, as you say, would he be so bad? would he lead and lean egypt toward iran? >> well, he's not -- he's not -- he has no political base within

egypt. his political base is in circles in the west, for reasons that perhaps the europeans liked his tenure at the iaea, but there is no reason for the united states to think he was a success there. but more importantly, given the chaos we see on the streets, the political divisions within egypt, the notion that somebody who spent his life working in the united nations is the answer to the complex economic and social problems that egypt now faces, i think it was entirely to placate the westerners. his is an egyptian name that some western media people know. but in terps of a significant figure within egypt, it's an inexapplicable choice? >> theument n. ambassador to the u.s. is saying, quote, this is not a coup. >> let's deal with the objective reality, first.

of course, it's a coup. i think it was the right thing for the egyptian military to do. there is a question of a provision in the foreign operations appropriations act that appears to mandate cutting off military assistance if it looks like a coup. the answer to that is congress could very quickly fix that, if in fact that's right. i thinks it's something since te military assistance is a long-time payment for egyptian compliance with the camp david accords, it's very much in our interest to keep the aid going and to keep the military on the side of the united states. >> eric: why do you think the military action, as you said, was the right thing to do? >> look, the muslim brotherhood was working in revising the constitution and the repression of coptic christians and other steps to perpetuate itself in power. one person, one vote, one time. just because somebody wins an election doesn't mean they have a mandate to do whatever they want. yet, that's what the brotherhood

was doing. this was moving in a way that would have suppressed freedom of expression, freedom of conscience and would have limit good prospect of future free and fair elections. the military didn't have a lot of choice. there were already millions of opposition people in the streets. hopefully, the military can restore orders. they are the only force that can. despite the bloodshed, which there may be more of. but it wouldn't be restored by the opposition, which, as you said, was quite disunited in itself? >> the islamists can say, we won, morsi won, now they stole the election, a legitimate election from us. this is not democracy? >> well, that's exactly what they will say. don't forget the muslim brotherhood and the party won two-thirds of the seats in parliament. they are going to say, you people told us to play by western rules, to hold

elections, we did. now you are taking it away from us. i think it will add to the muslim brotherhood's appeal: there were no good alternatives, given the way the islam sifts were proceeding, giving a lack of attractive options, the military moved before it might have been too late to move. >> eric: finally, do you see in the long range that this is a potential setback for the islamic cause as we have seen nations for the radical ideology? or can this embolden them in the future? >> i hope it's a setback. i think a lot depends on how the military behaves. what they are trying to do is say that everybody, including the muslim brotherhood this shparticipate in this interim political process, leading to new elections. the brotherhood's got to make the tough decision whether they agree with that or try for a political martyr dom to say we are the legitimate rulers. i think the brotherhood's top

leadership is internally undecided and it will have to play out over the next couple of das inside egypt. >> eric: what do you think will happen? what's the end result? >> i don't know. but i hope that the military can restore order and give confidence to everybody that they will proceed in a free and fair fashion. and so really, the key decision makers are the brotherhood, are they going to go to armed resistance? and the military, how they behave in the next, i'd say, week. >> eric: ambassador bolton, it is still playing out on the streets and in the halls of power. it is unsettled. no answer yet. thank you. >> thank you, eric. >> jamie: well, the weather was good and the pilots made t. they likely have mow many of the answers. so do the black boxes. both of which have been recovered from the wreckage. you are looking at them here from asiana flight 247, where 291 people were on board, 16 crew member when it is flight

came barreling down the runway and split in part and then ignited. two girls, 16 years old, lost their lives. the cockpit voice recorder will tell what did you say went on. the flight data recorder will tell us what information the pilots were given. and the tower, as it approached. did they have a warning? what clues will the ntsb and faa get today? will they be able to determine a cause isn't president of the airline insisting there was no engine defect. the two girls who died were among 34 chinese students on board, coming to california to go to summer camp. we'll be right back. ♪ for a strong bag that grips the can... get glad forceflex. small change, big difference. what are you guys doing? having some fiber! with new phillips' fiber good gummies. they're fruity delicious!

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>> some of the other stfers making headlines at this hour, members of russian parliament are encouraging edward ?oad tone take the venezuela offer of asylum and hit the road. the nsa leaker's on the run from the u.s., who wants him to return to face espionage charges. two more bodies were found after a runaway train carrying crude oil in canada. the death toll is now 3. the bodies of 19 elite fire fight -- firefighters killed battling a massive wildfire near yarnell in central arizona are being returned home today. it.

>> eric: back now with a fox news alert. new developments in the continuing investigations into the asiana airplane crash yesterday. of course, the investigation is well underway. the ntsb investigators have removed the black boxes from the plane. they have been transport to the lab in wash d. c, where they will be analyzed. the flight data recorder will have details in the information and the cockpit voice recorder will have details on what could be happening with happening wit. we go live to washington with the latest on this. >> reporter: hi, eric. we are hoping to get more information, perhaps preliminary results from a press conference, earlier this afternoon. albeit way too early to say whether mechanical issues did factor into the accident. the national transportation safety board will release factual reports after the data is analyzed. there is no immediate timeline

for answers. investigators are very methodical and thorough. ntsb did release a couple of new photographs of the plebe's black boxes. the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder are now in washington, d.c. for analysis. they say based on the outside appearances of both devices, they do look to be in good condition. the former managing director of the ntsb says we will eventually get quite a bit of information from these materials. >> the data recorder, which is a digital recorder that monitors hundreds of performance items that the plane is going through -- how fast it's going, what position the flaps are in, were the power applied just before the crash. all of those questions will be answered by the data recorder. >> reporter: but the aircraft that carried more than 300 people had a very strong safety record, part of boeing's most

popular family fleet. boeing said in a statement, it extends its deepest condolences to the families and friends of those who perished in the flight. boeing will join the u.s. and national transportation safety board to provide technical assistance to their investigation. for boeing, it's been almost 20 years since the aircraft has been involved in a fatal accident. and asiana airlines had two fatal crashes in its 20-year history. this is the first major commercial jet crash in the u.s. in more than 12 years and the first commercial jet airlines to crash into a runway at san francisco. >> eric: and the first fatality with a triple 7 in the air almost 20 years. thank you. >> jamie: it is a miracle, though, that so many passengers and crew members were able to walk off the flight and the pilots as well. we will learn a lot more from

them in the days to come. the airline ceo is insisting that the pilots were veterans. each of them had 10,000 miles or more in the air. one close to that number. let's talk to someone who knows a lot about aviation. ted flash, a fox news military analyst. usually, we talk about military flights. captain, good to have you here to talk about this commercial flight. always a pleasure, sir. in this particular instance, captain, what information is most important to get from the pilots and what information is most important to get from the voice and data recorders? >> i think there is information that has come out of the pilots, which is why very surprisingly, the ceo of asiana airlines said it wasn't an engine issue. that really surprised me that he would come out that boldly, that quickly because now it tends to put the heat -- well, was it

human error? if it wasn't the enemies, how did we get there? i think that's premature on his part. the ntsb is going to dig in and what they will look at, they are going to look at turbine speed, compressor, they are going to look at all the measurements that come off the engines, the flight controls, the flaps everything. it's far better than what is in your car. when you take a modern car interest a dealership which they plug it into the box, they are reading the highest rpm, what your average speed was, all kinds of information, now take that and put it on steroids and that's what the airplane is pulling out of everything coming off that airplane and depositing on the flight recorders. they were built and designed that way so in an instance like this, investigators could quickly come to an a conclusion

of what happened. because if there is a flaw in thea aircraft and other carriers are flying those same airplanes, they want to get that out right away to the other carriers. if it was a human error, it's a training issue -- possibly -- and they want to get that out so the mistakes are not made again. >> jamie: i can understand that the ceo of the company wants to point out how experienced the pilots are. how the heck would he know whether or not it was an engine failure so quickly and not being on site? >> here, it's just speculation, but if he got in a room with his pilots and said, okay, guys, whaptd and they said, well, we got too steep, or we got too low and we just -- we hamburgerred the approach. if that's what's happening, he can say, yeah, well it wasn't an engine problem because my guys said they messed it up. that will lead to speculation on that part. i think it's too premature to

rule anything out that deals engines because of the heathrow accident when the ice slush... got in the way of the fuel controls and they lost thrust on a couple of miles out and landed short of the runway at heathrow, even though they had the throttles at full. the fuel could not get through the heat exchangers to the engine. whatever happened, they came down hard, they slammed that thing onto the runway either because of a lack of thrust or they could have gotten too steep and pulled the power off, trying to get back down and then they had scutch a high sync rate that they didn't get it in time and the airplane smacked into the ground. is it likely or runlikely that the plane was losing altitude alta faster rate than it should have? and could that happen through human error?

or it could happen on its own? >> yeah, it can. jamie, if i could have the camera on me for a minute. i want to show you, kind of a quick example. if this is the horizontal component, there's the air speed. that's the vertical component, that's how much you are coming down, that is your flight path. if you turn that and say, if this is the altitude and you turn and go like this, now all of a sudden, you are coming down in a very steep manner and a lot of eyewitnesses have called this, they came in fast. maybe what they were really saying was that they came in at a very steep angle and could not catch it with power and smacked into the runway. >> jamie: wow. what are the chances -- you know, there is so much at stake, two 16-year-old girls died. there are many in critical condition. we will get an update in a press conference, i'm sure, of how they are doing. what are the chances that the pilots cooperate with our

authorities, wait for their boss to come? you know, they are not u.s. citizens, potentially. are they obligated to tell everything they know? >> yeah. they are pretty much going to -- to say exactly what they know because the flight data recorder knows more than they do. because when you put this all together, it's taking the record -- what the aircraft knows. they will take those-- the tapes, if youingly, but they will take at this time data files, load those into a triple 7 sim puter and now all of a sudden that, simulator and the visuals are going to do exactly what that airplane did. >> jamie: for give me for thinking like a lawyer -- they will get the information that they want. but if it's possible that the pilots lawyer up and stop talking, they will stand in the way of us learning something that could save a life on another 777 flight. i know they have an ethical obligation, but, you know,

potentially, this is the world we live in? >> uh-huh. the other thing is, there are international aviation conventions that deal with law and in international law eye am not a lawyer -- but i did take some international aviation law when i was in college. one of the things that i do recall is that under the regulations, there are limits to the damages that airlines can -- can be charged with if -- this is the important part -- if they operate within standardized procedures -- >> jamie: there is a protocol. >> yes, ma'am. so if you violate those things, if you are not doing things and you can be charged with grossings negligence, then the international convention restrictions come off and you are at the mercy of the court. >> jamie: interesting background to have, captain nash, as you always provide. we appreciate you being here on

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we have an aviation attorney, sadly, a veteran of many airlines disasters. we hear the witnesses say that the plane may have been too steep, too fast. t can we rely what they say? >> good to be with you. i think we can rely upon what they say. however, the two most important pieces of evidence will be the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder. the flight data recorder will tell investigators exactly what the aircraft was doing during the approach and when it impacted the sea wall. the cockpit voice recorder will tell us what the pilots were discussing. so although the eyewitness accounts clearly -- many saying the aircraft was too low, too fast, too steep, those two pieces of evidence are more critical than the eyewitness testimony. >> eric: when they have these type of investigations, we saw

the video of the debris at the waterline, which would indicate that the plane smash into the end, where does it go from there? how do they analyze this? what happens going forward? >> preliminary reports certainly indicate that the tail of the aircraft struck the seawall and given what the ceo said, that there is no engine issue, clearly, they are looking at pilot error as the probable cause or a contributing cause. but it's too early to make a definitive conclusion. those two boxes, the black boxes, they are called black boxes, you but they are really orange. and the ntsb investigators will know extremely quickly exactly what happened and whether or not the aircraft contribute to the accident, a pilot caused the accident or a combination of the both. >> eric: doug, quickly, don't the planes land by themselves with all of this computerized equipment that they can softly touch down? or were they landing it

themselves? >> absolutely. we don't know yet. but the triple 7 is one of the safest aircrafts in the world. hasn't had an accident in 20 years. to land this aircraft is extremely easy from a commercial pilot standpoint. so something had to terribly go wrong. they had to be hand flying the aircraft. something we don't know. but the investigators will know very quickly. >> eric: thank i. it is one crash at heathrow, they think from the engines, but this is the first fatality, crash with a fatality with the triple 7. we'll be right back. lots of options, huh? i can help you narrow it down. ok thanks. this one's smudge free. smudge-free. really? and this one beeps when you leave the door open. upgrade your laundry room and kitchen appliances during red white and blue savings.

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>> jamie: welcome back, everybody. the tensionses are really running high in egypt today. steve centanni has the latest, live from washington. >> reporter: hi. yeah, the u.s. aid to egypt is hanging in hanging in the balance now as u.s. lawmakers debate that. the military takeover of the government and the ouster of president mohammed morsi was met with tears and jubilation in the streets of cairo. but senator john mccain says he believes it violated the terms of the aid that the u.s.

gives egypt every year. >> reluctantly, i believe that we have to suspend aid until such time as there is a new constitution and a free and fair election. we can't -- morsi was a terrible president. their economy is in tential shape, thanks to their policies. but the fact is, the united states should not be suspecting this coup. >> reporter: but others believe it was not a coup. and the u.s. ambassador to egypt is among them. listen. >> egypt is not undergoing a military coup. it is certainly not run by the military. today, there is an interim president in place. >> reporter: this is not a coup? >> absolutely not. >> reporter: a military spokesman for the muslim brotherhood said today, the military action was clearly a coup and some say the u.s. now needs to use the aid -- american aid to egypt as leverage, not necessarily cut it off altogether, but use it as

leverage to get a good outcome that the united states can support. this debate is likely to continue with the $1.4 billion in egypt. >> jamie: steve centanni, live in washington. whenee come back, how you can tablet us what you think about the day's news, straight ahead. did. ♪ for a strong bag that grips the can... get glad forceflex. small change, big difference. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again. and now i've got to take more pills. ♪ yup. another pill stop. can i get my aleve back yet? ♪

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have a lot more information on the plane crash later on today. we will have a news conference. >> jamie: you can check out the news at foxnews.com. stick around, shannon bream, live from washington is next. have a great day, everybody. >> the moment that the -- there was bang, you know? we -- we realized, you know, that something had gone wrong. something terrible has happened. >> in your head, you think this can't be happening. you don't know if you are going to be dead at the end. >> shannon: 10 seconds of terror, panic and confusion on the runway in san francisco. two 16-year-old girls from china, their bodies found outside the aircraft. they passed away. dozens more injured. and no word on how badly at this hour, ntsb investigators in san dispran right here in washington are searching for answers toze why the asiana jetline wer more than 300 people on board, slammed into the